A man witnessed urinating in the alleyway of a town centre pub said he was too embarrassed to go inside and ask staff to use the loo.

Mohammed Zeb was caught short by The Albert pub after missing the bus back to Bradford.

But his day got a whole lot worse when he decided to relieve himself by the Victoria Lane establishment - just as a woman and her young daughter walked past.

Zeb pleaded guilty to a charge under the Local Government Act 1972 of causing the annoyance of residents by committing an act of indecency, namely urinating within their view.

Prosecutor Vanessa Jones said that the offence occurred at 7.30pm on December 6.

She told Kirklees magistrates: "Zeb found himself caught short after he'd gone for his bus but missed it.

"He needed to go to the toilet. There was a doorway off the alleyway and he decided to use that to urinate.

"Unfortunately, a woman and her 13-year-old daughter walked past him and saw what was happening."

The Albert Hotel and Bar, Victoria Lane, Huddersfield.

The 34-year-old was arrested and told police that he was aware that members of the public walked up and down the alleyway, although it wasn't a busy time of day and he thought that nobody would see him.

He admitted that when he heard a female voice he told her to "mind your own business."

Jonathan Slawinski, mitigating, said that although the alleyway was quite dark his client's offence was caught by both the members of the public and CCTV cameras.